Official Minecraft "VWVortex Server"

This is a private server for fellow Texers(and their friends) to enjoy the awesomeness of Minecraft together. If you would like to join our server and help us build some awesome stuff, PM "Mr. Honda" your username so he can set you up with server permission. The server login is s.texcraft.us.

Rules:
-Don't be a dick
-Respect other players builds... NO GRIEFING.
-No retard towers (one block wide towers to the sky)
-If you chop down a tree, you must harvest the entire tree
-No excessive use of Lava or water or animal farms (causes lag).

Help Donate to the server fund. Pimpalicious uses beer, time, electricity, and internet to fund the server. Even if it's just $5 it helps the cause.

Hmm I might have to check this out at some point. Is there anything to do other then just building?

its basically a sandbox game with a few rules. Its mostly about resource collection, exploration, and building. There are enemies and non-enemy creatures but they are disabled on the server right now. If you LOVE playing with legos, and you like grinding for resources; prepare to have no life!

And I plan to have a waterfall under the porch as soon as we figure that out.

Good news. I have just realized that I have god powers. So next time we are in a server, I can give you water. That's how I got the waterfall started over on Wilders cave. I can also do other handy things like teleport players to other player locations. It's pretty cool.

Hmmmm .... interested. What kind of system is needed to run this? Can it be played on something as simple as a netbook? I don't really feel like sitting upstairs in the office while my wife and kid are downstairs.

Hmmmm .... interested. What kind of system is needed to run this? Can it be played on something as simple as a netbook? I don't really feel like sitting upstairs in the office while my wife and kid are downstairs.

go to minecraft.net and see how it handles the (free)browser version. If it works out well, buy the alpha version and you can play it in the browser or download the .exe.

this may be a stupid question, but if pay the ~$13 for the game, and play it, will i still be able to do this? or they are completely different? and can this game run with other programs running like firefox and outlook and not crash/change programs/freeze like other games?

You have to pay the $13 to be able to login this server. You'll also be able to log in other servers, or play single player games (With Monsters and Health Systems). I've had no problem running other programs in the background, Itunes, Chrome etc.

Discovering a game on your day off is the worst thing that can ever happen...EVER.

PS: My humble abode is located on the coast just outside of town...has a little bridge and a lot o' trees.

EDIT: I went exploring for a quick moment only to realize that the gigantic portion of the map we've been using is...maybe 5% of the entire map. It's f-ing monstrous. The beauty of the simplicity is that it'll run on most computers.

Bugs will hopefully be fixed soon... Update from Notch(The creator). Sounds like he's a busy guy these days.

Originally Posted by Notch

Most my time these days is taken up by meetings and lawyers, accountants, banks, potential partners, potential employees, and the occasional interview. The few hours I do have to develop the game every now and then are mostly spent on looking into bugs and replying to emails.

All this non-development work will result in a much nicer working environment, with talented people helping out with development, an actual office, and a much better way to deal with support issues, bug reports and feature requests.

It’s a good thing I didn’t know how much work setting up a company would be when I started doing it..

The status right now is that we’re up to four people confirmed, and we’re talking to several people. We almost got an office, but they wanted us to sign up for three years, which seems a bit like a gamble for a startup. So we’re still looking for an office.